Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-12-29

campaign, and nj the battle Of Fallen
Timhers manifested his wonderful
prowess. He was tin person nearly
six feet in height, with broad shoul-
ders, small feet, and tapered heantlful-
ly from his chest down. He was both
powerful and active. His eyes were
blue, his hair light, and complexion
fair. A prominent Roman nose alone
marred the symmetry Of his personal
appearance or his ultimate fate, we
are somewhat uncertain. sit Is said,
however, that the progress OF clviliza-
tlon was too rapid for him, and that he
long since left for the wilds Of the far
West, TO pass his time In the congenial
employment Of hunting the bear and
trapping the beaver. 4
CAPTAIN, MICHAEL cREsAP
Among those whom the fertile fields
of the West attracted ,from the East
was Captain Michael (,resap. born Ia
Frederick now AIIeehany county.
MarvIand' In l742. His father. Col.
Thnmas CresanE on account OF his
hnsnitaIity, to the Indians. was named
lhv theIh aBiu Sboon.D EARLY in I774
Tie son engaged six or seven active
lpval,ng med "a accompany him to the
wjlde5ness To Law out Claims. clear
hands and buIId houses. He built
what h believed to have been the first
cabin In the Western country of hewed
logs, with a single roof, nailed on.--I
Thirty yearslater q voyager, descend
ING the Ohio. mentions as an evidence
ofrapid improvements and growth that
he saw four shingled cabins between
the Kanawha and the Scioto! In April,
1774 he received q letter warning him
to be on his guard, and he immediate
ly broke camps and returned to Wheel
! ing. The murder OF Logan's family
was attributed to Capt. Cresap. He
died 1775. ,'h2i lr@5 F@. 81,
TRUMBLE COUNTY.
Tumble county was the ninth coun-
tv erected in the Territory and was
created Sentember %. 1900. as noted in
chanter TX. Previous to the settle-
i nent of this county and before the sur.
| vev IF the Western Reserve in 1890. salt
was manufactured by the whites at
lItha n1d salt worksn In Weathersfield
townshin. TrumbuIl county. These
snrinps were known to the whites as
early as 1855, and are indicated on
i Evans map. published in that year
4 II has been considered the first white
4 statement within the present limits of
the State: but that Is o great error, as
has already been shown. AS early as
Il ll745 English traders had penetrated as
far as ntt
sANDusKY OR ssT. DusKY.n
~ hod ostobIisbod n most On ~.
M narth n s;da of tha how pThaS ,vorc o
du'va,, d' ouey % bv the Francb nro5ahiv IL
S1io ~ 1Tao Il h,r;n = th;s nar;oJ . ooin' ~
hratad h TnJ;on troder I hy tha uara "'o os
Hens ola.u Tronhan haJ stst;on 81 or M -.
@ ueo1Sv T olo aga n;,,ar @ t%on Lnnew uo Ia tha
Sne IS osthn H. r. vic
GGay1na Gy11En "H T1si tha TnaI;Sh ,aulat
m piol;lIa,,, @ u :, ,yas astobI;sSa5 81 hs to,,,. ~
i ~ 'tba M;amis or Tawixtawaes aiso
oalIad ~ . Tw;Sbt tuoes naor tha T,o,,tb S,b
| The French and Indiana destroyed this
post in June, l!52. 1t was sixteen
miles northwest of the town OF Sidney.
AT the time of the settlement of Ken
tuckya Canadian Frenchman by the
name of Loramie established trading
station here near the former English
station. He was bitter hater of the
Americans and fora long time his place
was the headquarters OF mischief
against the white settlers. u haye,n
says Col. Johnston, "seen the Indians
burst into tears when speaking of the
time when their French father had
dominion over them." Gen. George
Rogers Clarke came on, burnt the
Indian settlement and plundered the
store. Soon after this Loramie, with a
colony Of Shawanoese emigrated to the
GPanisn iel..tol} WssV ;.; y, .ie nissls-
! IZerSos a nd M;esour; riyars II 1904 q
fort was built on the site by Wayne
land called Fort Loramia. The site of
Loramie's store was afterwards pro-
minent point in the Greenville Treaty
boundary line.
THE SALT WORKS IN TRUMBULL COUN-
nv
-
were sa'u 70 iase oeen es'aei1slieu g E anu
occuPleu " uen alsos' y, Doilhecti.
cue, oy peilntsSlol ph4 ny ~ .ne uooernoI " "
I roatohio t eI "T me- aet, 90 .uv s,.A ~ ~
m1. llane LII :. an'at,. e vousy SeSou.
Iluul, lon1 ~ 1THuhsS ~ S'aa,,eh an; was g NV, w
~ 11ol py Iprlan Sninpy ~ anu moses
=. warren, " nynle; lne toon sown piat wa
one lIlle squaIe anu ~ looo cunla,ne.' IN
~. swo log ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS uy Sapt
SuInoy Iliq p,oplisetGii ~ " Sno Sown ailu
; aIsetwSIus xM ouusS " LnS ioue anu y
1vno W St S.h, w WY n"u pu' InS y
lso1. CapI. Suinpys caon1 consis.eG
~ ShrSH G, Lo9lsmAlDcl,el ,n.s1 ueu rooln anS
la.. no iaS.ol "'6 ~.
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